Ingo, thanx for this topic, a great mind-sports story! I was just reading your post on [Checkers] World Championship Matches, and that really helped to "fill in the blanks" on Checkers History. --George Hay

Thanks for your thoughts guys.... I am fine, the cyclone hit approximately 1000 kilometres north of Brisbane .... so all we saw was strong winds and no rain.... we are more than fine, I have spent my day working today trying to keep my mind of the negatives.... to be honest so much of the state is destroyed that i feel strangely guilty that my family and myself have been completely spared of these 2 major disasters...